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The Blue Max

19666.8 / 10156 min

War, Action, Adventure, Drama

Overview

There was no quiet on the Western Front!

A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.

Cast

George Peppard

Lt. Bruno Stachel

James Mason

General Count von Klugermann

Ursula Andress

Countess Kaeti von Klugermann

Jeremy Kemp

Willi von Klugermann

Karl Michael Vogler

Colonel Otto Heidemann

Anton Diffring

Holbach

Harry Townes

Kettering

Peter Woodthorpe

Rupp

Derek Newark

Ziegel

Derren Nesbitt

Fabian

Loni von Friedl

Elfi Heidemann

Friedrich von Ledebur

Feldmarschall von Lenndorf

Carl Schell

Manfred Von Richthofen

Roger Ostime

The Crown Prince

Hugo Schuster

Hans. Elderly Servant

Alex Scott

The Orator

Crew

John Guillermin

Director

David Pursall

Writer

Gerald Hanley

Writer

Jack Seddon

Writer

Elsa Fennell

Costume Supervisor

Tony Sforzini

Makeup Artist

Wilfred Shingleton

Production Design

Stuart Lyons

Casting

Fred Carter

Art Direction

Christian Ferry

Producer

Max Benedict

Editor

Charles E. Parker

Makeup Department Head

John O'Gorman

Makeup Artist

Skeets Kelly

Camera Operator

René Dupont

Production Manager

Darby Kennedy

Stunt Coordinator

Chris Greenham

Sound Editor

Chic Waterson

Camera Operator

Jerry Goldsmith

Original Music Composer

Douglas Slocombe

Director of Photography

Mike Fox

Focus Puller

Helen Whitson

Continuity

Karl Baumgartner

Special Effects

Pat McDermott

Hairdresser

Skeets Kelly

Aerial Camera

Claude Hitchcock

Sound

Bob Jones

Sound

Elsa Fennell

Wardrobe Supervisor

Tony Curtis

Assistant Art Director

Jack Causey

Assistant Director

Derek Cracknell

Assistant Director

John Cox

Sound

Richard Best Jr.

Assistant Sound Editor

Maurice Ayers

Special Effects

Ron Ballanger

Special Effects

Elizabeth Thoyts

Assistant Editor